Azzi Fudd scored 17 points and No. 1 UConn routed 16th-ranked USC on Saturday night, 79-51.

USC held a brief 9-8 advantage midway through the first quarter, but UConn went on an impressive 15-0 run to take over the game—and they never looked back. The lead ballooned to as much as 39 points, as USC was unable to even score in double figures in the first and second quarters.

That run ended in a blowout, of course. With the national semifinal loss against – yep – UConn, who beat the Bruins 85-51, including holding them to a nine-point second quarter to match the Trojans’ nine-point first quarter Saturday.

For the last two seasons, the UConn women’s basketball team’s game against USC has been one of the most highly-anticipated matchups on the calendar. When the teams began their home-and-home series in Hartford in Dec.

UConn completed the non-league portion of its schedule late Friday with a 71-63 victory over Texas that pushed the Huskies to 10-1 and kept them at No. 5 in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where Michigan remains No. 1 for the fourth straight day.

Need proof? On Saturday, UConn paid a visit to USC, with the No. 1 Huskies blowing out the No. 16 Trojans 79–51. During the game, per Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times, both teams wore different pairs of Kobe's signature shows.

Raegan Beers scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds, and Oklahoma won its 10th straight by routing Oklahoma State. Sahara Williams scored 18 points and Aaliyah Chavez and Zya Vann added 15 each for the Sooners (11-1),

Ahead of Saturday’s game, UConn coach Geno Auriemma gave a shoutout to USC freshman Jazzy Davidson, who played her high school years playing in Oregon.